New Delhi, 05 August: The J&K National Conference Members of Parliament Hasnain Masoodi and Mohammad Akbar Lone on Thursday held a protest outside the Parliament House near Mahatma Gandhi statue and demanded the restoration of Article 370 and Article 35 A. As per the statement, both the MPs kept standing in front of the Mahatma […]
Islamabad: Senior ministers and national security adviser of Pakistan on Wednesday criticised New Delhi for denying permission to five foreign journalists based in India to visit Pakistan, saying that free speech and independent journalism was shrinking under the “insecure” Indian government, the Dawn reported. The statements from Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Information Minister Fawad […]
Srinagar, Aug 03: The Ministry of Home Affairs Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that a total of 2041 kilometres of LoC and International Border has been covered with the fence. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Nisith Pramanik was responding to the queries raised in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday including […]
LONDON: The US administration hopes that Pakistan will play a positive role in de-escalating violence in neighbouring Afghanistan, with a US State Department official saying “it is not in Pakistan’s interest to see Afghanistan in a civil war”, the Dawn reported. The statement was made by Zed Tarar, a spokesperson for the US State Department, […]
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan cannot be held “responsible” for the actions of the Taliban in the aftermath of US and its allies’ ongoing withdrawal from Afghanistan, adding that his government is not a spokesperson for the militant group, the Dawn reported. “What the Taliban are doing or aren’t doing has […]
Srinagar, July 28: The union home minister, Amit Shah on Wednesday said that he has spoken to LG Manoj Sinha and director general of police Jammu and Kashmir regarding the cloudburst incident in a village in Kishtwar. Amit Shah on his official Twitter handle Tweeted in Hindi that rescue teams have been engaged to rescue […]
Delhi: US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will arrive in New Delhi today on a two day visit to India. This is Secretary Blinken’s first visit to India after assuming charge as US Secretary of State, All India Radio reported. Tomorrow, Blinken will meet the External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and National […]
Delhi: Six police officers from Assam were killed and fifty injured in the fresh violence that broke out today at the disputed Assam-Mizoram border, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said, the NDTV reported. There were reports of firing from the border area — which lie over Assam’s Cachar district and Mizoram’s Kolasib district […]
MUZAFFARABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) was all set to form the next government in Pakistan administered Kashmir on its own, as unofficial and unconfirmed results for 43 of the total 45 general seats of the Legislative Assembly suggested it being far ahead of its competitors, the Dawn reported. The PTI won in 25 constituencies — […]
New Delhi: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will arrive in New Delhi on Wednesday to strengthen Washington’s partnership with India, All India Radio (AIR) reported. A US State Department statement said, the aim of the visit is to reaffirm the US commitment to strengthening partnerships between the two countries and underscore cooperation on shared […]
